Summary : Extract distribution name and version from a distribution filename

Description :
Many online services that are centered around CPAN attempt to associatemultiple uploads by extracting a distribution name from the filename of theupload. For most distributions this is easy as they have usedExtUtils::MakeMaker or Module::Build to create the distribution, which resultsin a uniform name. But sadly not all uploads are created in this way.

CPAN::DistnameInfo uses heuristics that have been learnt byhttp://search.cpan.org/ to extract the distribution name and version fromfilenames and also report if the version is to be treated as a developerrelease.

RPM found in directory: /mirror/carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrakelinux/official/2010.1/i586/media/contrib/release